The New York Times Catches Up With Pat Benatar

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Link to June 20 New York Times article, "Saving Her Best Shot for the Bullies".

Excerpt:  Her tomboy adolescence equipped her for a career spent taking up arms against music industry executives, those “bean counters and suits,” she likes to say, who plagued her for years with demands to step up her schedule, never mind she was often worn to a nub.

The bullying by her handlers at Chrysalis, her record label for 11 years, riled her — but it drove her, too. “It made me crazier and crazier every day,” she said. “It got so intense. But as it turns out, that was exactly what I needed.”

It instilled in her the sexy ferocity that fueled her early performances, and is captured in “Between a Heart and a Rock Place” (HarperCollins), her new memoir — and indictment — of the music scene of the late ’70s and ’80s. Much of that fury will likely be unleashed in a series of concerts across the country this summer. It also is what spawned her look, a compelling hybrid of tomboy and tart that has become the stylistic template for legions of young women studying Ms. Benatar’s videos on YouTube.

In the ’70s and ’80s, Ms. Benatar was a force, flaunting a raffishly improvised wardrobe of waist-cinched leotards and slick spandex tights. Assembled without a stylist’s ministrations, that look today is mainstream — American Apparel’s stock in trade.

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City of Reedsburg Might Need to Order Bigger Table for Job Interviews

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Link to June 16 Reedsburg Times Press, "Hiring freeze creates debate".

Excerpt:   Alder Dave Moon wanted to know if the city would replace a position in the event someone retires or leaves. Alder Bob Utley said he would not be in favor of a strategy that would not replace city employees.

This practice alarmed Police Chief Tim Becker, too. He said his department has a fast-approaching retirement and two probationary officers.

“I have the potential for a three-person loss,” he said. “Is that correct?”

Estes said the council would consider restoring a position after a vacancy was created, whether it is on the police force or in the public works department. If the council agrees it a necessary position after discussing it with the department head, he said, they would become more directly involved in the hiring process.

Alder Mike Sloat agreed with Estes that the hiring policy should reflect more council input as the city’s budget has been getting tighter and tighter.

“We have to start facing reality and that this budget is going to be more difficult than last year,” he said. “This gets everybody in the right frame of mind that we’re going to be cutting expenditures.”